{"product_id":"swift-river","title":"J. Chambers Essie: Swift River [2025] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize | One of \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Books of 2024 | An \u003ci\u003eNPR \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of 2024 | An \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brilliant, funny, warm-hearted' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I love a novel this much maybe just once or twice a year'\u003c\/b\u003e Curtis Sittenfeld, author of \u003ci\u003eRodham \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRomantic Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if the price of moving forward is losing the only family you've ever known? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSummer, 1987. On the sweltering streets of the dying New England mill town of Swift River, sixteen-year-old Diamond Newbury is desperately lonely. It's been seven years since her father disappeared, and while her mother is determined to move on, Diamond can't distance herself from his memory. When Diamond receives a letter from a relative she has never met, she unearths long-buried secrets of her family's past and discovers a legacy she never knew she was missing. The more she learns, however, the harder it becomes to reconcile her old life with the one she wants to lead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo begins an epic story spanning the twentieth century that reveals a much larger picture of prejudice and love, of devotion and abandonment - and will change Diamond's life forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eSwift River\u003c\/i\u003e broke my heart, and then offered me hope\u003c\/b\u003e' Ann Napolitano, author of \u003ci\u003eHello Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sensational'\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Beatty, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sellout\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Essie J. Chambers \u0026 Layne, Priscilla","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50945030521171,"sku":"9780349703886","price":11.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/essie-j-chambers-layne-priscilla-j-chambers-essie-swift-river-2025-paperback-9780349703886-1161530895.jpg?v=1746748879","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/swift-river","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}